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Sootblower Optimization



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The SmartProcess® Sootblower Optimization develops strategic sootblowing sequences, ensuring that a plant only blows soot when needed and only in necessary locations, thus reducing opacity and thermal NOx while improving overall heat rate and boiler efficiency.

The Sootblower Optimization has the ability to dynamically calculate the cleanliness factors of the process at all times, even while the plant is moving through load ranges. This feature produces significant advantages over steady state packages, executable only when boiler load is stable and other parameters, such as the effect of radiation absorption at load levels, are known.

 



Balanced Sootblowing

The Sootblower Optimization balances sootblowing factors with dynamic scheduling to improve consistency, improve heat transfer, and incorporate the expert knowledge of the operations team experience.

Strategic Sootblowing Sequences
The Sootblower Optimization develops strategic sootblowing sequences from all key aspects of time, heat transfer, opacity, and thermal NOx and steam temperature impacts, ensuring that a plant only blows soot when it is needed, and only in the necessary locations. This helps to reduce opacity and thermal NOx while improving overall heat rate and boiler efficiency.

Dynamic Calculations
The Sootblower Optimization has the ability to dynamically calculate the cleanliness factors of the blowing process at all times, even while the plant is moving through load ranges.

 

 

 

 
 

According to EPRI, the industry average
savings for a 500-MW plant with 0.5% heat rate improvement equals $200,00 annually.

 
 
 
   
 
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